Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative spelling: Neoproetus (Triproetus)
Full reference: T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada. 1979. Permo-Carboniferous trilobites from Thailand and Malaysia. Geology and Palaeontology of Southeast Asia 20:1-21
Parent taxon: Proetidae according to R. A. Fortey and A. P. Heward 2015
See also Brezinski 1992, Jell and Adrain 2002, Kobayashi and Hamada 1979, Owens 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aayemenaytcheia, Astycoryphinae, Ceratoproetus, Chuanoproetus, Cornuproetinae, Crassiproetinae, Dechenellinae, Drevermanniinae, Eodrevermanniinae, Hypaproetus, Lauchellum, Merebolina, Mirabolinae, Oidalaproetus, Ormistonia, Panibole, Paryfenus, Perliproetinae, Phaseolops, Phyllaspis, Plesiowensus, Prodiacoryphe, Proetidellinae, Proetinae, Schaderthalaspis, Silesiops, Sinobole, Warburgellinae, Xenocybe, Yanshanaspis, Yichangaspis
Subtaxa: Triproetus altasulcus Triproetus angustus Triproetus bonbon Triproetus spitsbergensis Triproetus subovalis Triproetus tumidus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1), Oman (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Thailand (1), United States (18: Texas)
Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences
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